In this first round, you are asked to select two (2) choices. This is your first and second choice. There is no way to distinguish between your first and second choice.

This poll will remain open until and through September 30, 2009.

The top three (3) choices from this selection will go into a second round. In the second round, everyone will be able to vote for only one (1) choice. We plan to have some information on options in the second round with regard to costs, etc.

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I vote for Norfolk in May or Sept/Boston in July. Williamsburg Has many family deals, Newport News is 22miles if we could get a tour., I think Norfolk and the Scorpion Memorial at D&S Piers (possible boat tour- Sqd 6) is 29 miles, Montplier is up INT64. It could be toured but is much to expensive for the banquet. A logistical nightmare but with a little work could be put together. Len Reneau

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I suggested that Newport News be the location for the 2011 reunion. We had a reunion in Charleston, the original and long time home port; then in Jacksonville/Kings Bay, a major east coast sub base; then at New London/Groton, the sub base where many of us trained and the shipyard where the boat was worked on; then in Bremerton, a major west coast sub base. My thought was that it was about time we returned to where it all started. I think it would be interesting to see the shipyard as it is today and, as a bonus, Newport News is close to all of the naval installations in the Norfolk area and is close enough to allow for a tour of Montpelier as well. There will be other reunions in the future when we can go back to some of the places we've already visited, or to places like Branson or Las Vegas.

I am going to Branson in September and have found out some information about the new airport that was not very pleasing to me. To begin with, only two airlines go to the Branson airport - Sun Country & Airtran (I never heard of either one). Also there are only 4 direct connections to Branson airport - Dallas/Fort Worth, Minneapolis-StPaul, Millwaukee, & Atlanta. To avoid the added time and expense due to the excessive extra distance to travel, I decided to fly to St Louis and drive 4 hours to Branson.

1) We haven't had one either place
2) We've had several on the East coast, and need to accomodate our west coast shipmates...plus Jim Dullea (Engineer, Gold crew mid 80's) used to say that San Diego was the closest thing to Heaven on earth...